Re: Target Market (was: Re: Charger?)

2008-04-20 Thread Flyin_bbb8
It needs lots of advertising, and i think for basic end-users the device should come with something in the settings like Turn on advanced mode to make the shell icon 'n all those techie things to turn on, or else the basic end-users will just see it too complicated 'n stuff 'n start

Re: Target Market (was: Re: Charger?)

2008-04-15 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 14.04.2008 um 22:08 schrieb Marcus Bauer: On Mon, 2008-04-14 at 20:06 +0200, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: I have made the same observations when showing the Neo. An additional feedback came from a former key account manager who had sold millions of phones to Vodafone and other MNOs: it

Re: Target Market (was: Re: Charger?)

2008-04-15 Thread Dirk Deimeke
Hi, But who cares? Only our small community of Linux geeks. But there is no *mass market* for that. 100% agreed (with the whole text you sent). Dirk ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org

Re: Target Market (was: Re: Charger?)

2008-04-15 Thread Jay Vaughan
Yes, it is a Linux computer that fits into our pockets. But who cares? Only our small community of Linux geeks. But there is no *mass market* for that. The market is: software developers who are using linux as their base. Consider the music-device market. Its huge. Linux devices like the

Re: Target Market (was: Re: Charger?)

2008-04-14 Thread Lowell Higley
On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 4:01 AM, thomasg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, you'll get used to it :) USB-Charging is fine. You can use a standard usb-wallcharger as well as any mini-usb cable or usb-carchargers and so on. I know this isn't the case, but if were to HAVE to plug it into a computer, it

Re: Target Market (was: Re: Charger?)

2008-04-14 Thread Flemming Richter Mikkelsen
On 4/14/08, Lowell Higley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 4:01 AM, thomasg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, you'll get used to it :) USB-Charging is fine. You can use a standard usb-wallcharger as well as any mini-usb cable or usb-carchargers and so on. I know this isn't the

Re: Target Market (was: Re: Charger?)

2008-04-14 Thread Lowell Higley
Then I'll shut up. BTW, I don't hate or love the visual look of the Neo. It's more function than anything else to me. On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 9:25 AM, Flemming Richter Mikkelsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 4/14/08, Lowell Higley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 4:01 AM,

Re: Target Market (was: Re: Charger?)

2008-04-14 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 14.04.2008 um 18:07 schrieb Lowell Higley: On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 4:01 AM, thomasg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, you'll get used to it :) USB-Charging is fine. You can use a standard usb-wallcharger as well as any mini-usb cable or usb-carchargers and so on. I know this isn't the

Re: Target Market (was: Re: Charger?)

2008-04-14 Thread andy selby
Let me give you another example... I've probably showed 20 people pics of the Neo1973. You want to know what I hear? Man, that's ugly! That's what I hear every time. Now you're thinking so what? it's functional. You and I may not care what it looks like, but consumers do. I'm guessing no

Re: Target Market (was: Re: Charger?)

2008-04-14 Thread Marcus Bauer
On Mon, 2008-04-14 at 20:06 +0200, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: I have made the same observations when showing the Neo. An additional feedback came from a former key account manager who had sold millions of phones to Vodafone and other MNOs: it is impossible to sell this industrial

Re: Target Market (was: Re: Charger?)

2008-04-14 Thread Lowell Higley
On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 1:08 PM, Marcus Bauer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My personal view is looking at the Neo as a Linux computer and not just as a phone - this opens a completely different perspective: as such the Neo is an absolutely unique device. There is only one similar device which is the